He seemed to be in great shape and this is good news after the serious health problems that Herbert Léonard experienced a few years ago. This Thursday, March 2, the singer was on the set of the show At Jordan’sbroadcast on C8, and he discussed his career at length, confided in his wifeCléo, and their fifty-six years of life together and a revealed an astonishing anecdote from his youth.
The “For Fun” singer was in his twenties when he met Dave. “He had a crush on me back then, when we were 22 or 23.”he told Jordan De Luxe who clarified that“he was very much in love with you”. The singer then clarified that he had not responded to his advances: “I’m not bisexual.” And to add that Dave had never insisted, that he had “just flashed on [lui]point”. The two men have remained very good friends. and regularly recall this anecdote from their beginnings.
A unique love story
“Every time we see each other, he tells me this story”said Herbert Léonard, then delivering the anecdote of the day when Dave flashed on him: they were “sitting next to each other on an airplane”et the dutch singer has it “watched sleep” during the journey. In the show, the singer from Strasbourg also made a tribute to his wife Cléo, whom he married in 2004, but with whom he has been linked since 1967. With the one who had not left his bedside when he was in a coma in 2017, he had a daughter, born in 1973, named Éléa. They also recorded a duet in 2002.
Herbert Léonard had the joy of going back on stage at the beginning of February and his tour will resume from March 10. A real relief for the one who had been forced to stay in bed due to a long and “very painful”. If the resumption of his concerts is a real breath of fresh air for the singer, he really needed it after having lost his lifelong friend, René Sorre, last November. Luckily for him, the stage can help alleviate the ills, at least for a few songs.
Article written in collaboration with 6Medias
Photo credits: C8 screenshot
